Chroma8 vs Pixel Forge

Chroma8 is a focused pixel-art studio for iPhone and iPad — draw, layer, and animate at true pixel resolution, then export your work anywhere. No account required to start creating. NEW: AI ASSIST Describe what you want and Chroma8 draws it onto your canvas, where you can edit every pixel of it. Free for everyone. • Text to sprite — type "a small green slime with a highlight" and get pixel art, not a photo • Photo to pixel — turn any picture into a clean sprite on a reduced palette • Auto-shade and auto-outline, plus a clean-up pass that tidies stray pixels and jagged edges • Animation rigs — turn one sprite into a walk, run, idle, attack, hit, death, explode or spin cycle • Tween between two keyframes and let Chroma8 draw the in-betweens • Choose a video of yourself moving and Chroma8 retargets that motion onto your sprite • Fill empty space with a pattern learned from what you have already drawn • Find the sprites in a sheet and split them into frames automatically • Ask for a variation, a matching piece, or the same idea drawn across separate layers • Every generation is kept in a history you can revisit, put back on the canvas, or branch into a new Art It all runs on your device and works with no network, no account and no API key. BRING YOUR OWN MODEL — OPTIONAL Already pay for an AI service? Point Chroma8 at it and let it draw for you instead. • Any OpenAI-compatible endpoint, or Anthropic • Works with OpenRouter, OpenAI, Groq, or an Ollama running on your own machine • Your key is held in the Keychain on that device only, and is never synced or sent anywhere else • If a provider is unreachable, Chroma8 quietly draws it on device instead — you are never left unable to work On devices with Apple Intelligence, Chroma8 also uses the on-device model to make better sense of what you asked for. DRAW WITH PRECISION • Grid-accurate pixel canvas with brush, eraser, paint bucket, and selection tools • Reference photo import to trace or match colors • Hand tool for panning and zooming without touching your art • Undo and redo that span the whole frame, including layers you add, delete or reorder LAYERS & FRAMES • Unlimited layers per frame with visibility, lock, and opacity control • Frame-by-frame animation with onion skinning to keep motion consistent • Adjustable playback speed ORGANIZE YOUR WORK • Group related Arts into Projects • Search your library by name, or by what a piece actually looks like • Copy or reuse Arts across Projects without losing the original • Everything saved locally on your device — works fully offline EXPORT ANYWHERE • PNG for single frames or full spritesheets • Animated GIF and MP4 video for sharing your animations • SVG for crisp, scalable vector output • Game-ready sprite sheet generation CHROMA8 PRO Chroma8 is free to use, supported by ads. Chroma8 Pro removes ads and unlocks Cloud Sync (sign in with email, Google, or Apple to back up and access your library across devices), offered as an auto-renewing subscription: • Monthly: $3.99/month after a 7-day free trial • Yearly: $24.99/year after a 7-day free trial Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Terms of Use: https://colondev.com/apps/chroma8/Terms.html Privacy Policy: https://colondev.com/apps/chroma8/Privacy.html Chroma8 — pixel art, the way it's meant to be made.

Pixel Forge is a fast, playful pixel art editor built for your iPhone. Pick a canvas, grab a color, and start drawing sprites, icons, avatars and retro game art in seconds. START WITH THE RIGHT CANVAS Choose a square grid from 16x16 up to 128x128 pixels. Small canvases for chunky retro sprites, big ones for detailed scenes. DRAW YOUR WAY • Pencil to paint pixel by pixel or drag to draw lines • Eraser to clear pixels back to transparent • Eyedropper to pick any color already on your canvas and keep drawing with it • Undo and redo for every stroke, so you can experiment without fear COLORS THAT FIT YOUR STYLE • A ready-to-use palette right at your thumb • A custom color picker with a color square, hue slider and HEX input for exactly the shade you want WORK COMFORTABLY • Zoom in for precise pixel work and zoom out to see the whole picture • Pan mode to move around large canvases without accidentally drawing • Fit to screen to jump back to a full view instantly YOUR GALLERY OF SPRITES • All your projects live in one colorful grid • Rename projects, reopen them any time, and delete the ones you no longer need • Your work is stored on your device, no account required SHARE YOUR ART • Card: a stylish, ready-to-post picture of your artwork with the Pixel Forge look • Image: a clean PNG of just your pixels, with real transparency for the empty areas, ready to use as an asset in games and other projects • Share to any app, or save straight to your Photos library Whether you are making your first sprite or your hundredth, Pixel Forge keeps the tools simple and the fun high. Download Pixel Forge and start forging pixels today.